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cowhornedspike
Senior Member
Dog. Has claw marks in several of the pics. Soft sand makes for poor track ID.
Miguel Cervantes
Jedi Master
I think, based on the size of the cartridge, length of stride and the fact that tracks expand in sand and mud I think you've got a pretty good Bobcat lurking around.
dawg2
AWOL ADMINISTRATOR
Canine tracks.
Cats don't leave claw imprints when walking. They will when running or crossing slippery surfaces, but not in sand. Also, the main pad will be substantially larger than the one in those pics.
Cats don't leave claw imprints when walking. They will when running or crossing slippery surfaces, but not in sand. Also, the main pad will be substantially larger than the one in those pics.
holton27596
Senior Member
last pic definitely shows claws, not a cat.
Teufelshund
Member
Found some good points for comparison here:
http://www.natureskills.com/tracking/mountain-lion-tracks
If it's a dog that would be a pretty big dog, not too many seen in the area I found the tracks, maybe a wolf in South Central GA?
http://www.natureskills.com/tracking/mountain-lion-tracks
If it's a dog that would be a pretty big dog, not too many seen in the area I found the tracks, maybe a wolf in South Central GA?
Miguel Cervantes
Jedi Master
In soft soil, especially if they are on the stalk, claw marks can occasionally be seen with cats. This track is wide for a dog and has all of the characteristics of a big bobcat.
100% positive big dog. Canine tracks have that "x-shaped" configuration with the pad/toes, and show claws. Cat track don't show claws, and don't have the "x" shaped pad/toe configuration. A coyote track would be more slender instead of round/square. That's absolutely a domestic dog.
GA DAWG
Senior Member
Big ol hound dog.
Lions, wolves... Heck, do you see bigfoot behind every tree? It's a big dog track 100% positive id. What do you mean "not too many seen in the area?" You don't think someone's coon hound could have trailed through? Dogs travel, a lot.
Throwback
Chief Big Taw
Lowjack
Senior Member
Dog , yellow lab white on chest. LOL
Teufelshund
Member
Ft. Benning doesn't allow coon hounds to run around loose. These tracks where nowhere near a pond where a retriever could have gone AWOL either. They also keep their working dogs on a pretty short leash. I'd like to see a bigfoot one day, wouldn't you?
Do they put up signs that tell the dogs they're not allowed to run loose? There's a blue million hogs at Fort Benning, perhaps somebody's hog dog was sniffing around. And just because there's not a pond in the area, that means a retriever couldn't possibly be there???
I was once miles, and I mean miles back in the Chattahoochee national forest wilderness area and I heard something trotting up the ridge in the leaves. I was expecting a rutting buck to step out, when to my surprise an English Setter trailed up to my tree. Now, according to your logic, he didn't belong way out there in the deer woods. Point is, dogs don't read signs. Dogs go pretty much where they please.
Teufelshund
Member
Point well taken. I still doubt it was a domesticated canine but then again out in the woods anything can happen.
DSGB
Senior Member
That's a canine track - no doubt.
golffreak
Senior Member
Good size dog.
cowhornedspike
Senior Member
And how many lions have been seen in the area? More dogs have been seen than lions I'd guess.
Anyway, it is a dog track.
Teufelshund
Member
Well I'm still keeping an open mind. Heres some good reading and pictures abouts cougars and lions in West GA: http://cougarrewilding.org/CougarNews/?p=152
I can assure you that that track was not made by a cougar, lion, or wolf. I would bet my life that that track is absolutely, positively, without a doubt, 100% a dog track.
